Curriculum vitae
Main Occupational history and positions held
- 24/10/2024- present: Member of the academic senate of the University of Trieste.
- 14/11/2023- present: Director of the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Geosciences of the University of Trieste
- 01/11/2022-Present: Full Professor (Professore di I Fascia SSD Geo/10 SC 04/A4) at the Università degli Studi di Trieste
- 01/09/2017-31/10/2022: Director of the Seismological Research Center (CRS) at the Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS (Italy)
- 22/07/2020-31/10/2020: Director pro tempore of the Division of Geophysics (GEO) at the Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS (Italy)
- 01/12/2012-31/08/2017: Head of Section 7.1 (Centre for Early Warning Systems) of the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam (Germany)
- 01/01/2004-30/11/2012: Senior scientist at the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam (Germany)
- 01/06/2000-31/12/2003: Post-doc position at the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam (Germany)
Education and training
- 31/01/2022 -31/01/2031: Habilitation as full professor in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics of the Earth and of the Planets (ASN 02/C1) Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)
- 28/08/2018-28/08/2027: Habilitation as full professor in Geophysics (ASN 04/A4) Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)
- 22/07/2015: Apl Professor at the TU Berlin in Engineering Seismology
- 23/06/2010: Privat Dozent at Technische Universität Berlin
- 01/04/2009: Habilitation at Technische Universität Berlin. The teaching qualification for the field: Engineering seismology
- 01/11/1993-08/7/1997: PhD in Geophysics University of Genoa
- 12/03/1993: Degree in Geological Science at the University of Genoa
Main recent membership in National or international Committee and Organisation
- 24/10/2025- to date: Member of the Scientific Advisory Group of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)
- 04/07/2025- to date: Co-Responsible of the coordination committee of the JRU of Epos-Italia
- 31/08/2023- Present: Appointed by the Minister for Civil Protection and Sea Policies as a member
and substitute for the contact person in the Seismic Risk sector, of the National Commission for the
Prediction and Prevention of Major Risks. - 9/3/2022-Present: Titular member for Italy to the European Seismological Commission
- 28/08/2014- 9/9/2022: Secretary General of the European Seismological Commission (ESC)
Awards and recognitions for scientific activity, including membership of associations
- 10/2025: Included in the Stanford and Elsevier world’s 2% Top Scientist ranking based on the Scopus database of 2024
- 09/01/2024- to date: Member of the European Geosciences Union.
- 22/11/2022: Associate at the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics –OGS.
- 16/10/2020: Included in the ranking of the most influential scientists in the world for 2019, published by the American journal PLOS Biology, which evaluates the best 160,000 researchers in the world (equal to 2% of the total analyzed), belonging to various disciplines (https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.3000918)
- 22/07/2019: Authorization by the Minister of Education, University and Research for the recruitment as Research Director (I Level V band) in OGS with direct call for exceptional merit
- 22/07/2015: Awarded, at the request of Faculty VI - Building Planning Environment of the Technische Universität Berlin and with the consent of the Senate Department for Education, Youth and Science, in recognition of outstanding academic achievements in research and teaching, of the academic dignity of Apl. Professor for the topic of "Engineering Seismology"
- 27/01/2005- present: Member of the Seismological Society of America (SSA)